Workshop Program

The following is the presentation schedule for WIRSS 2008. The workshop is scheduled from 9:00AM - 12:30PM on Tuesday December 9, in room CM05C.01.11 (Block C, Building 5, Haymarket Campus, UTS).

9:00 - 9:20 AM

Opening Remarks & Introductions

9:20 - 9:40 AM

Web Information Retrieval Support Systems: The Future of Web Search
Orland Hoeber

9:40 - 10:00 AM

Considering Data-Mining Techniques in User Preference Learning
Alan Eckhardt and Peter Vojtas

10:00 - 10:20 AM

Adaptive Information Filtering Based on PTM Model (APTM)
Abdulmohsen AlGarni, Yuefeng Li, and Yue Xu

10:30 - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break
Lobby, Block C, Building 5, Haymarket Campus, UTS

11:00 - 11:20 AM

A Method for Query Expansion Using the Related Word Extraction Algorithm
Tetsuya Oishi, Shunsuke Kuramoto, Tsunenori Mine, Ryuzo Hasegawa, Hiroshi Fujita, and Miyuki Koshimura

11:20 - 11:40 AM

A Vector Space Model on Hierarchical Structure with Dynamic Mapping Operator Creation
Takafumi Nakanishi, Koji Zettsu, Yutaka Kidawara, and Yasushi Kiyoki

11:40 - 12:00 PM

Semantic Browsing of a Domain Related Resources: The Corese-NeLI Framework
Gayo Diallo, Khaled Khelif, Olivier Corby, Patty Kostkova, and Gemma Madle

12:00 - 12:20 PM

Information Filter for Ambiguous Information Retrieval
Sayaka Akioka, Hideo Fukumori, and Yoichi Muraoka

12:20 - 12:30 PM

Closing Remarks

12:30 - 2:00 PM

Conference Lunch
China Grant Restaurant, Level 3, Market City, China Town

For more information on the WIRSS Workshop, contact Dr. Orland Hoeber (hoeber <at> mun.ca).